That was how I pronounced it for years after reading it.

Yep, but I read it years before I heard it in context. And it took me an embarrassing amount of time to get it right. I still fuck it up occasionally. The same with genre.

Drizzt Do’Urden!

Jokes be subjective my man. What’s funny to you is not to me and vice versa. So nonsense jokes exist, but you don’t find them funny, doesn’t mean it’s not a joke, or funny to some. Whole web comics have been built on the premise. look up the white ninja. I find him hilarious.